Record #:

2186

Author(s):

Lamme, Robert

Abstract:

The state's independent filmmakers often have to make low-budget films just to make ends meet. However, as filmmakers become more business-smart and local investors understand the industry better, funding and film quality will improve.

Source:

Business North Carolina (NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 15 Issue 4, Apr 1995, p22-29, il Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Motion picture industry; Motion picture producers and directors; Elwood, Tony; Owensby, Earl, 1936-

Record #:

4315

Author(s):

Bradsher, Bethany

Abstract:

Shelby, not Wilmington, is actually the birthplace of the state's movie industry. The industry began in Shelby during the 1970s and 1980s, when self-made millionaire Earl Owensby made thirty-five low-budget, high-action films on his sound stages. Owensby starred in most of his own B-grade movies, and though the critics panned them, the films grossed millions of dollars.

Source:

Our State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 67 Issue 5, Oct 1999, p23-24, 26, il Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Owensby, Earl, 1936-; Motion picture industry--Shelby; Motion picture producers and directors--Shelby

Record #:

11988

Author(s):

Norris, Jeannie Faris

Abstract:

Earl Owensby, founder, president and sole owner of EO Corporation, began making movies at his studio in Shelby in 1972. He has made a dozen pictures, all of them financially successful, and has acted in eight of them.

Source:

We the People of North Carolina (NoCar F 251 W4), Vol. 38 Issue 8, Aug 1980, p22-23, 39, por

Subject(s):

Owensby, Earl, 1936-